NORRIS, John. A Philosophical Discourse concerning the Natural Immortality of the Soul. Wherein the Great Question of the Soul's Immortality is Endeavour'd to be Rightly Stated, and fully Clear'd. Occasion'd by Mr. Dodwell's late Epistolary Discourse. In

NORRIS, John. A Philosophical Discourse concerning the Natural Immortality of the Soul. Wherein the Great Question of the Soul's Immortality is Endeavour'd to be Rightly Stated, and fully Clear'd. Occasion'd by Mr. Dodwell's late Epistolary Discourse. In two parts. (bound with) A Letter to Mr. Dodwell, concerning the Immortality of the Soul of Man .... Being a farther Pursuance in the Philosophical Discourse. London: printed for S. Manship. 1708/1709.

[viii], 127[1]; [viii], 152 pp; title-pages printed in red and black; some gathers embrowned. Contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, lacking label, chipped at top and bottom of spine and joints cracked. First editions. With the ownership inscription of Wm. Robinson, dated 1727, and his occasional notes.

Norris (1657-1711) wrote against materialists and atheists who appeared to doubt or to question the immortality of the soul. ESTCT76547/76776.